Baattav IBM. an*, Irom throat* ol iron, alvar, bras*. Joy-thnndaring oannon, Want with chiming • hells. And martial strains, the hill-voiced pawn ■well*. TTia air i* starred with flag*. tha chanted mass Throng* all the churohe*. yet the broad street* * warm, With glad-eyed groups who chatter. laugh and paaa In holiday confusion, claw* with class. And over all the spring, the ann-flood* warm In tha imperial palace that March morn, Tha haautitul young mothar lay and smiled; For hy har side juat breathed thr prince, her child. Hair to an rmpira, to tha purple lorn, Crowned with tha Titan's name tltat stir* the heart Like a blown clarion—one more llonaparte. A'mmn Lat.irus. in Scritnrr. Watering the Hills. " It* wstrrrth ihr hill, from lit* chamber*-IV. cix . IS. t*h ' the rippling and the t.xaunuxg, Falling not from dawn till gloaming. Whei-e the rapid* are defending, as for agw tliey hare done; thx each downward platlorm taking .1 ust a moment'* rest, then hreakiu_ Into sweet enchanting langhler at the gleelhl triumph won; All the latent echoes xxrnking With the tun • Sweeping lrotn their roeky |xirt*l, Robed at once in light immortal. Bringing infinite revealing* from the silences profound; How the little eddies whiten. And the longer teaches .brighten. A* the showers ol brilliant dew.lrojv, on then slivery slojws rclsxiud; Falling into gem* (hat lighten All around. When the sunl-enm* >onie uubidd. To behold the marvel hidden, All the waters take thein captive, to adoiu their raiment white; Rut the nuntx>w tells the wonder Ot the radiance ly ing uu.ler. And the sun in regal beauty *u>op* to chum his own by right. Till the ripples fall asunder— Lost in light ' (.hi the brink the iiuwmw glisten. And the grasses stop xo listen To ihe never-ending music ol the wixtei s flsslung by; Overhead the lm-trees stately, In their hearts rraxM-tng gtvwtlv Al the spring* at welcome txuxlnees that t>e ueath their strx . >. . ,:_V .M ; JACK'S GREAT PERIL I never saw such a change in man in uiy iife! When we last met. Jack well. 1 must not give his n-al name, con sidering what I am going to relate, so I'll cad him Jack Pal.ant —was. as he had ever I*- a since I knew him. one of the iightcst-heart< d. eln-ericst fellow- in the-world, full of fun and up to every thing. and as gentle and tender sis a woman, with tin- -ourage of a lion. And now v what did I find him? Even though but three month- had elapsed, he had become a grave, dejected, -.-widened man —in a word, hanliy recognizable, either mentally or phvs -ally. I was shocked, and of cour- he saw that I was. He cams to —v me, indeed, the moment he heard I was in town, that I might .earn front hi- own mouth what had happen sal, "instead oiat -<--ond-hand. Jack had aiways bs-n more or less a spoiled boy—only sons arealwavs more or iess spoiled—and having lost lii> mothcr when quite a child.it was not wonderful that his poor old dad made much of him. But lie had taken tne spoiling kind v. and beyond making him perhaps a little idle and thoughtiess.it nail done him no harm. There was no harm in the feliow; he spent more money than he should, but many young soldier do that without coming to much gri- f iu the long run. and his father, a -oalier before him. regardedth'- failing leniently, paid his bills and looked pleasant. Be yond adding that he was a rather short, dapper little fellow. I need not say much more about him ; I have only to try ami put into coherent shape the strange and tragical business which had so fearfully altered him. He was coming to town one autumn evening for a few days' leave from flun nersho'.t. when- he was quartered. I can see him as plainly as if I had been there, scringing into the tir-t carriage that offered room, without regard to who was in it; for he was the least tastidiou* of men. without the slightest particle of **hawhaw " pride and nonsense, or that stand-off-ishnes* of manner, too usuai with men in his position; ready to makt himself happy wherever he was, or in whatever company. But it so happened, it appears, on this occasion that he got into an empty car riage; at least h>- thought -o, for it was twilight, and he did not oV. rve for the first moment the figure of a woman, seati-d in a further corner. dressed in dark clothes and thickly veiled. The suddin discovery that he was not alone rather startled him for a moment, and it may be, as he said, that the eve ning before having been a guest night at mess, bus nerves were not quite up to their usual tone. He was not the lad. however, to be king in such a situation without making some remark to his fel low-traveler, though in this case an un usual hesitation to do so came over hint, owing to her mysterious appearance and extreme stillness. The bet ween- lights of the carriage lamp and the evening sky prevented hint front discerning details ; but there she sat, perfectly rigid, and with not a vestige of her face visible, through the thick black vail. " Ahem! ahem!" he said at last, shift ing one seat nearer to her and nearly op posite: "I hope I have not intruded on you; I thought the carriage was empty. I may be disturbing you. I fear." Ib would say anything, in a random sort of way, to break the ice, as he called it. No answer. A long pause. " Very singular," lie thought; and he moved to a seat exactly opposite to the figure, making another commonplace observa tion. No response, or any movement. "Asleep, I suppose," he said to him self; and he sat quietly watching her, while the train rattled on for a mile or two. A station was reached and a stop page made, with the usual accompani ments of screech and whistling and slam ming of doors, but without producing any change in the posture of the occu pant of the opposite corner. The train again moved on. "Can't be asleep," he muttered. "What's the matter with her?" The window was shut close; he let it down with a tremendous clatter and bang, remarking that "he hoped, as the evening was fine, the weather warm and the carriage close" (for he declared to me there was a peculiar odor hanging about which struck him from the lirst) "6he v uld not object to a little air." Still no reply. Then he said "lie feared she was not well. Would she like him to pull the hell for the guard and have the train st pped again ?" But nothing he could s: j or do elicited any sign of life from ber Jack now beear • seriously uncom fortable and alarn d on her account. He thought sin? could not be asleep, but had fainted. Suddenly ife crossed his mind that she was dead. Night had now closed in, hut as the last tinge of twilight faded from the sky the carriage lamp gained its full power and revealed every object more plainly than hitherto. FRKD. JKURTZ, JOditor and Proprietor. VOLUME XII. Jack loaned towitrxl the motionless fortu. A long black vail, falling from a altxst>-titling liat-lika honnat, enveloped nearly tha whole uppar part of liar figure; indeed. on close inspection. it hardly looked like an ordinary vail, hut more like a large thin, hlaak silk hand karahiaf. Har dress was t>f xvmtnion hlaak stuff, muah wont ami frayed. from amid the folds of which appeared the ends of a pitva of rope that must have been fastened round har waist, and one hand, anaasad in an old, ill-titting hlaak glow, lav plaaitlly tin her lap Full t>funiumfortablc sensations, Jack was about lift tha veil, when, for th< tirst time, the tigura ttutvad; its hand stole slowly from underneath the foltls of the dress, and the veil was gradually liftatl and thrown up over the haatl Involuntarily' tuv friend shrank hack into the comer of liis seat, tor a face xx as revealed to him which no one could have looked uput without a sense of axve. It was that of a woman somewhat past middle age. thin, hsggnrxl and pale to a degree xvhieh only xicath aoulxi para.lei. The faatur. s. finely chiselex! and propor tioned. show.d that at one time 'here must have hvn suprx tna haauiv, xx bile, though tha iron-gray hair looked a little disheveled and unkaiupt, 'h. gianae of the ,-ve was staa.lv. calm and xleicrtnincd. In this glance lay. chiefly, tlie awe in spiring esprx-ssion of the fare, for, in ad dition tt> the penetrating look, there was a p- rsistt in < y in it. anti at the same time a fascination, quite terrible. It fixed itself ujH>n Jack frxmi the first tuotuenl that aye mat aye. and for several minutes not a word was spoken A either side. IVsently. however, he tri.skto pull him self together, and to asstnnc his usual light-hearted manner, xvhieh had tlius lor a minute been so strangely and tuiusu allv disturbexl. and ha said, briskly *" 1 Iws, your pard.m: I was afraid \ ot; were ill." Slia > ightly In-nt liar haaii, but -;>ki not a wont, nor withdrew liar glance He felt more ud more chat it was costing him an effort to Is hini-elf. 11- r slow, stealthy. altn-ir ladylike dene anor, added greatly to the effect already pro duced, anil a curious -ensatioti w is irrad ualiy cm-ping over hint, that—iuijs-si hlc as it might jivm—that fare was not strange to him. little as he. with his temperament. was given to speculation or intnjvtion. lie found himself striv ing to look hack for some event or cir > umstanee in his life which might giv< him a elew. Had he ever dreamed ol surh a fare, or had he seen it in child hood? He was puit/led, affected, .jtliti put out. And stili the deep, penetrating eyes were fixed on iiis. piereing a> it w ere into his v< r\ soul. And the hmds" what were they doing? Taking off the gloves as with a set, delibt rate purpose; ind the iotjg. white, thin, almost eiaw like fingers worked strangely and ner vously. slowlv elosing and opening uj>oii the palm, as !f preparing to grasp *ome thing. Again lie strove to throw off the un pleasant. unusual sensation which had crept over him. "I can't stand this." lift thought; "I was never so uncomfortable in all my life! I must do something, or say some thing to put a stop t< this, to make her take her eyes off me!" He moved abruptly to the lurther it rticr of the carriage, and to the same side on which the woman -at. " I'll try and dodge her ill that way," he said to him-elf: "she shall not -it md glare at im in this fashion!" Hut she too immediately shifted her place, and. rising to her fuli height, which was very great, went over t the - eat < xactly opposite to him, never for one single second dropping her eye- from his. He looked out of the window with i vague notion of getting out of the car riage; when suddenly, passing a little -ration whieh he retxignized. l>ut at which the train did not stop, an idea -truck liirn—an idea after his own heart—a >runic idea! He availed himself of it 011 the instant, and assuming an ' :ise which doubtles- sat ill upon him, and whi 1 li he was f->r troai feeling, he pointed with 1 is thumb bad- toward tin -tation th- v lctd u-t passed, a- he -aid mysterious y iu a hollow voice: " Do you know that place?" She seemed to answer in th- affirms ivc ' v a -liriit inclination of tin- I . ad i- "Ah! you do. flood! Ismgtnoor." he went on: "then I don't mind telling vou a secret." lb- paused. ("I'll frighten her," lie thought.) "Criminal lunatic*." he said aloud; "I am one of •Rem. I have just escaped from tier- I" lb- leaned forward. aif to impr---- lier with his word*: -he a!-o bent forward until her lips almost touched his ear, as -he hissed int<> it: " hare I!" With what had already gone before, his put the finishing touch on Jack's uneasioras of mind. It wa* not. a* he -aid, the mere pres'-nc* of tie- woman, or :he revelation which his joke had elic ited. which scared him. though tin*, ir uinstance in it*elf might h<- unpleasant enough. " I -houSd have faecal it right away from the first, as any man would have done, had it not Ix-en for the re markable influence her face and look had upon me; that unaccountable feeling that she was no stranger to me. it wa*. that unnerved, and even appalled me." N'osooner had she uttered the words. "So have I." than Jack sprang to the cord communicating with the guard - van, for he felt tlieir truth, and -aw in them a key to tin- whole mystery. Hut re hi hand had reached the cord, -iie had *• ized 11i iii round the waist with one irni a* with the grip of a vise, and at the same instant he felt one of tlio-c ter rible hands at his throat. Every effort to release himself was i'ruitiess: her strength seemed superhu man. and was as far lieyond hi* as wa iter stature. Her face glowered close down u;sn his now. still with the same fell expression. "The only thing I could have done," went on Jack, in describing the scene to me—and just here, he shall speak tor himself—"the only means b> 'liich 1 might perhnp* have made h< r relax her hold would have te-en ly aim ng one or two tremendous blows with my rieht :ist (which was at liberty) at her face. Had it been a man's, there would iiave been no hesitation; had it Ix-en indeed that of an ordinary woman, at such a pass I should not have hesitated to strike her, to stun her. if 1 could, by any means; but that face, that I seemed to know so well, yet so mysteriously; I could not raise my hand against it, and, as my arm swung up with the first im pulse to deal her a blow, it fell helpless by my side. Vain were my efforts to get her hand away from my throat; there was a terrible swaying to and fro for a minute or two. I felt the grip of the long lingers tightening, and myself choking. Suddenly we fell, the whole carriage see mid to he falling—there was a fearful ierk or two, a strange upheaving of the floor, a tremendous rattle "and crash —I appeared to be thrown headlong to some great distance, and—all was darkness!" The termination of that deadly strug gle was brought about in a manner as marvelous and unlooked for as could well have been imagined. Some fifty souls, say, were traveling in that train—all, save one, in apparent security. Jack's life alone wsis in dan ger. when, lo! by one of those marvelous coincidences which do happen at times in the supreme moments of existence, the rescue came, hut at the cost of many a life, which but just before would have seemed worth treble the price of Jack's. At the very instant tliat his might have depended upon another tightening grip or two from the hand of a maniac a frightful catastrophe occurred 'to the train. The tire of an engine-wheel broke and half a dozen carriages were hurled down a steep embankment. The scene that succeeded is, unhappily, of 100 common an occurrence to need more than a word of reference here. Seven passengers were killed outright and double that number slightly or badly hurt, the remainder escaping, u by a THE CENTRE REPORTER. miraala, with nothing else than a severe shaking. M y friantl was among the shaken lit had Ihvh thrown eloar of tha dchri* tn Itt a sttft, grassy *(h>l, halt ttank, hall hedge; emphatically. hi. Ufa was s.ttisl! Hut xt hat followed it xx xs that xx hi> h caused the suflcring that xxiouglilllu terrible change in .lack In the darkness of that soft autumn night In strove, lon most among thon who had been spared, to render such help a was possible to the lass fortunati W hen the otVu it. .-issi.tanat aatua, and tires xx rtv s.-t biasing to give light, al most his tirst caiv xx as to try and seek out his dangerous fa.low traveler In tha contusion nolKHly xvas prxpaivti.tif course, t listen to Jack's account ol har, even had ha luvn prx pared than to gixe It She xx as not, t \ ident'y . tnox ing about among thaarowtl; he assured him self t>f that ; hut supposing har. like hltu st :f, to ha? • cs. jipati ityu \ taint In < oti ctudcxl that fhis xx as hk y). might sho not, with tha stealth and cunning inai dantal to her malady, l>e hilling, and Ik thus further eluding dentition, become, xvitlt har homicidal mania, as dangerous iti tne eomntuuity at large .as soma tierce xx iol animal would he ' file thought made hitu shudder: he must lose no time in assuring himself of her fate. \- soon as an approach to order could !e exolvisl out ol that awful chaos, ha had eoiix incisi hiiUsclt that she xx as not auioug tha injured, Than ha turned V> : lie dead liis ex e fall u|h>u sex ernt mu tilated ami motionless forms, xvhieh ban Is-eti laid in an ominous tow at the foot •if one part x> the amlmnkiuent. Her* was not among them; he could tind no trace of har. At length, as a sickly dawn xvas Is - .'inning to tuaka the search easier, he en deavored to discover tin spot where tha arriage lie had occupied had fallen, and o rrtrni-c his Steps (quite to the rear of 'he train, hv the xvavlto the place where ,e tound hints. r f lying after the catas trophe. Hy this time In had made known briefly to soma officials that a woman was missing who had la-en in the irriage xvitli him. and one or two of them followed him in his .ju- |'r>- ently he realized pretty well xx hare lie nail been thrown; ha ail hut identified rhe -pot. Then he scramhi.ai through 'he lodge, and thar*'. on the opposite side, on the sloping hank of ditch, ha In d. lying quite sliii. har .huk, un mistakahie form. He ran forward, and. In-tiding over her and looking down upon the marine, up-turned face, saw at a glance that there was nothing dangefou- about her uow—tie'-i- terrible eve- were dosed for vr. Except for a slight wound on one temple,whence a little bkw>d had trickled, md the di-torted but now rigidly c!o-.-| Kind, which had been so latelv at hi- hioat, -lie looked as calm and un in ured as if she were merely sleeping, w bile death Itad restored for a brief oeriod mucfi of that la-nut y. the traces ~f which had struck him when her vail was first titled. One of the surgeon* here came hurry ing up, in answer to -unimons. "(•ol heavenshe exclaimed; "here -he i-, th-n. at last' Why. -he must have been in the train. How on earth ■lid she manage it ?" "Who i- she?" inquired Ja< k. earn estly, with a strangi return of tin old. nexplicable sensation. "Who i- -he? You appear to know her. Pray tell me." "( >h, one of our inmates; -he got awuv -tertfay morning; no on ■ knows how ." was the answer. "You are from I,ongmoor. fun. How ■ Imp> tuou* uanri r. "I can hardlv rutin tuber. I hiuk she was committed for the murder t her own little girl. It was a -ad case. I know. Ah! her name; 1 have it." vent on lit* doctor suddenly: "her name v.-is l'aliant—ltachel Pallant .lack sprang from the kneeling posture n which he wa- as if he had l--n shot. Why. that was hi- own dead, mother's name! But, pshaw! what of that? Well, it was rather a startling coinci dence; that was all. Ay, but was it all? Indci-d no! The nquest led to a revelation. That it juiry fuliy explained what had been 'lie nature of the influence which tin v. ird, pa.e fa> •• and strange presence had had up > tnv friend. The strong f>ut subtle link, which no time absence can ijuife-under, exist ng bi-tween mother and son. had made tself felt the instant tlio-<- rwo -at fare '•> face, for tlie unhappy woman was jn - Iced ncno other than .lack'- own mother He had neviT lmen told—in fact, it had i.-.-n carefully kept from him. Why vtin the risk of clouding for life that iqight and happy temperament? lb was only four years old when the dread ful business happened. Ib-nce lie had -■•areely known a mot Iter's care; she wa* ■ >st to him and to the world as com • ,ete|y a- if she had died. Nay. death would have been a mercy by eompari -on. and it was generally assumed that he was dead; only si very few intimate friends knew the truth. The poor lady's mind had given way uddeniv after th • birth of a child, who did not live. Within aw>> k. the liomi iilal mania possessed lur; by tic in rest chance she had Iw-en prevented from committing some frightful outrage :ion her little fxiy.m v |s>r friend Jack; md restraint not having te.-n put U|M>n her in time—for her malady hiul hardly le-en suspected, so unlooked-for was its appearance—she consummates) ficrdeml ly propensity upon lu-r e|d<*t child, a girl fifteen years of age—killed her. in a word, as she lay asleep. And here, after a lapse of twenty years, was the climax and end of the trageviy. a* dreadful as anything that had gone he fore. The order for release, wln-n it came, I •rough t with it a* much -offering (to all hut one) as had the order for No wonder that .bo-k was an altered man. I have never seen a smile on his lace since—though I trust tfiat tipie. with its healing influence, may at least soften the blow. bength of Human Life. How long a man can live is a question that has lx-en widely discussed. Ameri cans are generally reckoned to he short lived, compared with Kuro|an nations, rnd they have been in the p:ist; but they are steadily gaining in respect of age, as their material conditions improve and the laws of health are le-Mcr understood and observed. Several instances have Ix-en recorded recently of persons in the United States who have died at 10?, 10* and even 110. It is maintained,however, by men who have paid special attention to longevity, that there is no well-accredited instance of any man or woman living beyond 106— that that is the maximum possibility of human endurance. It is more reasonable to suppose that there is a mistake in calculation than that the mentioned limit has lx-en exceeded. In Kurope it is a subject of dispute as to what nation lives longest. The distinc tion has been claimed in turn by the Knglish, French, Germans, Spanish, Italians „nd Russians. litUut oiisis Nursery men sonn-tiuo-a k*-p peach stones dormant a year when they lia|>|H-n to have a surplus, by placing them two fret under the soil until need \>re-d and kept tuoist; hut this eomhtioii ean init 1- eommotily continued, a* af< w* *iry uid warm days will dry the surface ot the soil and pre-vent the gin mi uat ion of the seed. Hence the common pracli *• to varv this rule with circumstanc* *. t'orn. pianta( early in the season wln-n the ground is moist, w ill grow tre-eiy it buritnl only an inch deep; hut under *•- dinary * ire-unisuuin<- by I i.it*l was u**-ful win n tin- -oil w a* dry When planting i* done with a machine, roller to follow the tube WoU.d !*• u-e --ful in dry weather. In a dry season, a* the pre sent ha I* u in many pla--s, much care i* required to impart sufficient moisture-1* s* **l* when planted. If the (*arti* l<-* of soilaredry. thesmali grains *r lump* which eym ).*>*• it w til touch the ** e*i only at a f*-w j 'int,.an*l the chan<*>-s for it* germina tion will be -ma i. F.V'ii if nioisb-ned by a sliowiT, tin- water will In- coin e>< d t*the •* *1 on.y at the few point-* of con ! i t. It is bett r. thereto!* . to tlau' ss *1 after a shower than t f*re- it. a- tin- -oil ■is rendered moist and yielding, and. pre-ssing the who!*- *urfa*-- of the s***l . a us*-* germination at once. On this principle, experience ha* shown tftnt un ■ ler common conditions see*is grow much I>etior if planted after than lef**r* '.ln-rain. The exceptions are. when tlie -ail has liecti so finely puiv-riz-d that it • t.S' S ill*' S'-'tl Weil on all sidi-s while V* t • iry; ami when the rain is re> laipious that it till* with water for a sufficient time the interstice* whi li surround tin -ced. Thr Howe It MM l*r nl. Another hug lias strangely in* r< red in numbers, in the past two years, and it promises to 1*- more- tiouh.esome tlian the enemy of the potato. The rose bug has come u|>n us in iwiu lis, ami it *l* - -troys not only our grape and i*-a h ■ Top*, but our apples ami plums, if un < hivk'-d. The ls-st m- thiHl of chivking them it is desirable to learn, if there U* any nn-tluMl. We hav<- tried hand pick ing, whale oii soap, ami a variety o agents, but our effort* have las-n only partially su*-*a**sful. The white hrll**- hore- iiu-t i* th<- most effective d*-stuyer, but it is exjven-iv*- and troublesome to apply. It iKvurnsl to ire this y*-ar to t.k* n as tin fruit is formevl. the danger is over, ami the vim-* may b<- mi**-d and secures! to • lie support*. This we regarel as im portant information, an*' it -houid !*• re tnemlH-red. Our p*-* h crop we *.iv*-d tlii* \ ,ar bypassing through the orchard md jarring the tre* - hy a blow with Un hand on*-*- or twiceadav. The insret* aredetax-h'-d from the fruit and fall up*>n the ground, and do not return to the fruit until after a considerable j*. ri**l **t tiiu . Tin- letter way is to place a sheet under the tre*-*, catch the hugs ami u< -troy them in a pan of whale oil soap s. ils.— fiction Jourrml ot 'Venn-fry. HouartioM Hint*. (Jlass held level under water mnv IN • isily cut with a paii of sln-ars or strong s* i*sors. ('ut a little at a time. Never raisins that are t.> b tl*ed in sweet dishes. It will make tin- nuii ding heavy. To cb-an them wipe tlicm ut them in colli water; it will prevent the yolks from coloring black. To make macaroni tender, put it in cold water and hring it to a boil. Is will then he much more tender than if put into hot water or stewed in milk. Ai! milk vessels should, in their last rinsings, have tailing water or hot super- Ic iteil Steam applied, nothing short will destroy tic putrefaction which is abundant in milk vessels not thoroughly cleansed. To take out tea stains, put the linen in a kettle of cold water: rub the'stains well with common eastile soap; put the kettle on the side of the stove, to let the ' water get gradually warm; wash it thoroughly in warm soap suds- then rub the stain again with soap, and noil: then rinse. Single cream i- cream that has stood on the milk twelve hours. It is best for t-a or coffee, fhiuhlc cream stands on rit- milk twenty-four hours, and cream for butter frequently stands forty-eight hours, Cream that is to he whipped -tmuld mu lie butter errant. lest in ! whipping it change to butter. Small holes in white walls can he I easily repaired without sending for the j mason. Kqunl parts of planter of Paris j and white sand—such as is used in most families for scouring punosc—mixed with water to a paste, applied immedi j ntely and smoothed with a ktiife or flat piece of wood, will make the broken place a good as new. As the mixture hardens very quickly, it is best to pre | pare but a small quantity at a time. furious Phenomenon At the (.'ape of flood Hope, near Table mountain, the clouds come down very low now and then without dropping in rain. At such a time, if a traveler should go under a tree for shelter from the threatening storm, he would tlnd himself in a drenching shower; while out in the open space, away from any tree or shrub, everything would he lis dry as a hone. Mere is the explanation : The cloud or mist is rat her warmer than the leaves; and so, when it touches them, it changes into clinging drops which look like dew. Fresh drops keep forming, they run together, and at length the water drips off the leaves like rain. And this process goes on un til the clouds lift and the sun comes out again. The baby oyster is not much bigger than a pin s head at the enti of a fort night, and at three months old onlvtlie size of a split pea. In a year it will be come as large aa a five-cent nickel, HIM at the end of four years' growth is fit for the market. MietliUti's Peril. Senator Gordon, of (it-orgia, lias been giving a conepoiideiit ot the Phila i delphia Ami > some reminiscences of the cloning sceni* of the war. in which In pinyisl a leading part a* one of (irm-ral l.i I * cuip* loiniuainlus Wi give this extrai t I had a message from (leneral l*ec telling iiic a flag of tiuce Was in exist ence, leaving it to my discretion a* to what course to pursue Mv nun were still pu*hing tlntr way on I sent at once to hear from ticnerai lamgslre-ct. feeling that if lie was marching toward me we might stilt i ut through and carry the ariuy forward I learned that he w.a* alsiut two mill* ~ti wiib |ii, tucii faced iu*t opiaisite from mine, tigiitiug tor hi* life I thus saw that tin* case was hopeb-ss. I'lic further each of its drove the enemy the further we it rifted apart unit the moii t-x|Mt**d wi left our wagon trains and artillery, which was parked between us F.v*ry time either ut Us broke olllj njM'ln-il tl* gap tin wider I *aw plainly tlctt tin Fed erals wt.uiii soon rush in Mwmi u* and tin ii there would have ImVii no i army 1 then lore den rtuined to si-nd a i flag ot truce. I called Major Hunter, of my stall. u> me and told him that 1 wanted him to carry a flag of truce for ward. He repihst " ' (iencral, I have no flag of truce ' " I told him to get one Hi- replied | ••' (leneral. we have no llag of truce in our command." "'Then,' *aid I 'Then get your haiidkcn-hiel. put it on a slick aiul go forw ard." •' '! li.w • no handkeri iiief, (leni-ra. ' " ' l heti Imutuw one and go for ward with it.' " *He tried and reportrel to me that there was no tuuidki-rchief in my stall ' " ' l is n, M.-yor, u*i your shirt ' " ' You *ei . tienerai, that We .o ba\ e on tlaiuu'l shirts ' " Vt last, 1 believe, we found a man who bad a whit* shirt He gave it to ii*. and I ton- off tin- hai k ami tali, and tigging tin* to a stick Major Hunter went out tow ard the mi-my's lint -. 1 instru- teil him to simply *ay to (b-in-ral Sh.-riibin that tieiu raj i bad written me that a flag of trui ■ liail Im-n sent from hi* and (Irani'* headquarters, ami that he couid act a> ft,, thought Is-st on this information. In a few moments In > utie hack with Ma >r -, of Sheri dan's staff. This officer satit : '* '(ienerai Sheridan requested me to prreeiit his eoiup illli-nts to you and to ■I- maiul the unconditional surrender of your army.* Major, you wiK | . 4 . return my •aitupliuicnli to (ienerai Sheridan and say that 1 w iil not surrender." ' Hut, (b nrrai. he will annililate you." " 'I am perfectly well aware of my sitUatll-li. 1 *ilnp \ g.avi (ietierai Sheri dan some information on which he may or may not desire to net.' " lie went lep k to his lini* and in a *lmrt time (omri Sheriilan • ante gal loping I irwarel on an immense horse and atlendial by.a very large staff, .lust here an incidentotx-urred that came near having as, riotis ending. A* (JeniTal Stieridan Was approaching I nolieeil one ••( mv sharp-shooter* drawing hi* rifle down U(*in liim. I at once,..i-al to-him, •put down vour gun, sir; this i* a flag of truei lint hi never raised it. He siiupiy s, tt . ,| it to hi- shoulder and was drawing a I wad op Sheridan when I • am*! forward anil jerkisl hi* gun. He struggled * lib IPC, IlUt 1 totally raii d it. 1 then jH.o-d it and h- started to aim a. iin 11 aught it again, whenbeturmal hi* -'. em white fae. . all broken with grief ind streaming with w-nr*. up to tue and -ml. * \\ eil. tb-nera;. then h-t him k< < }> on his own side!' The lighting had ion tinuis! up to this point Iniha-d, afti r tin- flag of truce, a regiment of mv men, who had In i n lighting their w ay through toward win re* wi were and w ho did not know • f flag of tm s tire d into *ole of Sheridan'* cavalry. Tlii* wis *pt* dilv -'ojijHai, however I how ■ d (oners! Slimidan (iencral l>w' nte and h- de t'-rminwl to await events. He dis mounted and I did tin- sanp . Then, for the tirst time, the im n svinnl to und< r -t.anil w hat it al! in• ant. And then tie poor fellows broke down. Tin- tin ncri*d ■ iki chiidre-n. Worn, starved and huaal ing as they were-, tin y had rather have died than ha.-e surrendered. At one word from me tin y would have hurled theniseives on the enemy and have cut tlu ir way through or have fallen to a man with their gun* in their hand*. Hut 1 i oii i! not permit it The great drams had Isa-n played to its end." A Snake that killed Cow*. The large*: *ti:k* > i• r loiimt in t'nmi>- Im-11 county. Kv., was killml one day re cently mi the farm of Mr. Herman A'arr. n ir Co d Springs. Several >• :r> ago a traveler along the road Itonh-ring u|Hin Mr. Carr's farm reporbd having sun a snake, at the low - st calculation measur ing ten fi-e'. run across the qiail a short distan<->' in front of him. and disappear in the brush that grew bv the fence. The man was advised to join a t-tnpcr ance siK-jety. ami the whole affair was siMin forgotten. Karly best soring one of Mr Carr's cow* was found dead in | th stall. Although not ehained. tin animal had the appearance of having j Im-ch choked to death, its tongue pro- j tripling and there being a heavy mark around the neck. Tlie strangest thing , was that it eyes were eaten out. All efforts to solve the mystery of its death w . re- unsuci* **ful. About three days afterward another valuable cow was found dead and similarly mutilated. One morning Mr. t'arr. on going to his stable, was horror stricken by s,*-ing a monster snake coiled al*>ut the neck ol one of his cows, while the poor animal Mood patiently. Iteing hugged to death. \t the appt aranceof Mr. ( arr the *nake raised its liend and darted out its fangs, and then slowly uncoiled itself and glided awav Is-neatli a large pile of hay- Mr. ('arr at once raised the a.arm. and within an hour several dozen persons, gathered. The ha\ was removed with large forks, mid wlien near the • • nter of the stack the snake was found. It was inclined to show- fight and not turn tail, but all trouble was ended hy n well-di rected blow on the head, which laid it stiil forever. In the den were the j remnants of a young pig. When meas ured the snake was found to be eleven ! and a half fret in length, and as thick a* a man's wrist. The-kin will lie stuffed and presented to the State Academy of Natural Science. IxmuiUinKyATrnn s rript. Lite Language of Postage Stamps. The language of postage stamps, in stead of flowers, has just been invented. I litis, when a postage stamp has lieen placed upside down on the left corner of the letter, it means: "I love you;" in the same crosswise, "My heart is another's;" straight up and down, "(tood-bye, sweetheart, good-bye;" upside'down on the right-hand-corner. "Write no more;" in the center at the top, "Yes." opposite at the IHIIIOIII, " No;" on the right hand corner at a right angle. " Do you love me?" in the lcit-h mil corner. "I hate you;" top cornci on the right, " I wish your friend shin;" bottom corner on the left. " I seek your aei|iiaintanee;" on a line with the surname, "accept my love;" the same upside down, " i am engaged;" at a right angle in the same place, " I long to see you;" in the middle at the right hand edge, " Write immediately." While this is all very good as far as it goes, those who put a postage stamp on any but tiie upper-right-corner of an envelope, must bold themselves res|tl sible lor all the swearing of the post ofllee clerks. —A/In my I'ri.sx. William 11. Vunderbill controls lUWft miles of railway, and employs men, who receive some #1,178,000 salary eiuh month. lIMPLY TOPIC*. An lU'ti'- it in the St xx York Nwi *ay that liolyitka, flu s , is tfi, giv it center l tin pa|ier trade of this country. I lo ts •xx it i out tins go, 000 inhabitant*, of whom -UHto are employed in the sev-u --ln n larct piper mills of the plat e The capital inVi stcti in the papal trade at llolyoke is estiliialeil at about #5,0011,0110, alltl there are niiliuallv pnslueetl alsiut :ti„'gio tons of pa|s-r. I'he mills are run by xx ater ptnxer. Henry In ki.hd the young man who had wronge.l hi* daughter, at t'lerken xvall, Englauil, am) public sentiment lavoivtf him so strongly that a tund xx a* ratsiai to suptsirt his family during the year and a half ot imprisonment to xvhieh he xx as sentenced. His escape b.iii ft VMM puni-biii.n'. xv a- rcgaril. .1 a* lucky, ntid h want to prison in giMui spirits. Hut liis daughter taunted hitu xx tth lu ing a murderer, ami in i oiiw queiiae of that In-hanged liinisclf in liis x-ell. Alt mmh iathm, under the name of the "Ja-p i Motltlinciital Asooeiatiotl." itas Ih-cii formed at Savannah, (>., fir the the purpose of < tas ting a monument to Sergeant Jasper, xx ho >n the IKb day ot lb loin >l, |"'t, fill in the attack of tile Alnciicaii forces on Saxaiinah. 'Tlie sergeant's . vploit in leaning over the ramparts of Fort Mouitrie, Charleston harbor, during the hottest part of the Hritinli atta< k at that place, and fixing anexx the flag which hiut luvn shot Irom its start, xx til be rcmemltt r-d as one of th'fmost s! irril. g episodes of the Hexolu tiotiary ar. A Missouri farmer lias Im* n tiguring on the damage done ly dogs in thai Mate. In thirty-two counties to.tsrg sheep liaxe I>, en ki.ied ile i-tilliales the number of dogs in thirty-two .aiun ti's to Is ticg.ism; thai a hog will thrive on the l"od necessary to support an nhie-budii-d dog, and at tlie • ud of lite \| ir xx eigh pounds ; therefore, if tile fissi lor tli.*se A'i'.'.tssi dogs was given to iti.- hogs, ft Mould make trj.tMKi.tmi jHiuniis of jxit k. Wortli at ie.ast six cents a pound, or fft.ttO.OMt —nearly twice the \ alua ot all tlie achoul-hoUse* in the State, and inure tluut twice tlie amount Usd by the s*tj*t* for seli.Mii |iurj>iM- I 11.- lrt< t of lyointnii. liavp l < n mi'iitl) |Mwirdpd with ;u> *ttw liw intnil >Uling that " tin* art >f IwjtKinsf i- < vli:tu.">u\]y taught in six by l'rtif. lltnuiw y, who u in* form tin* |>ui>ii<- thai In- ha* founded a < fur tlii>r> lu al and iraftit*al in !>iru< Won in un-di. ancv." Anions other [.ra*±ia] sppaaonii fur the profusion tli* " prof>—rt<-d tinuf* W spaper says. " The papers an nounced the itUwr day that. owing to an accident ia the machme-ruuin. tin* extra number of the Il'usfmUJ Ixnumd .V. w\. adverttsfxi to appear, would >*• unavoidably pitstpunca for one day. As a luotUt d fact. the *accident * wu a literary, not a im-. liatii.-al un<>, tin* proprietor ram*! in# several thousand* of printed copies ratlo-r than allow the publication of an article hy one of it* < ditors, refits ling, tu he conceived, with ill-timed severity and offt-ntivene** cm the family of tl IVince Imperial. In -tantly. |rusing the article. Mr. Ingram unleted 'stop pnw,' sai-riliriu over £I.OOO to this delicacy of feeiing." The classification of a eotnt'any at one of the smaide hotels, hy a ehiid who had not troubled herself t> remember has a great deal of sigiiiti<-nnce. T< le-r they were " tte lady who whines * if ah< wer. going to ery "the Lady who ta Ws about h so fault!<■•. and incisive as to have done ■ r.-.iit to a U-gius I'rofi—.or of Moral Philosophy. Alas' he himself firmly be li.-v.-d that his own nose was made of sugar, and to prevent it* getting wet. and eonse.ju. ntly melting away, always drank through a straw. — Y.tc York Tribune. Keen princes sometitn s starve to death. rtlof)h-e. It may lie re lied UJH.II AX being in accord witii the ; latest official ruling* ami derision* of the department, ami as alwM iuU-ly correct. The rate on commercial papers, in*ur tiui documents, paper* in legal proceed ings, elr., when uartiy in print ami pailly in writing, lias heretofore* la-< n the same as oil letters, viz , three rents pT hal otim-e. All such article* liave now, with Ue exception* mentioned, Iseu assign*-*! to lite third riass of mail matter, and as stirh are chargeable with postage at the rate of one rent for each two ounces, when sent ill UltiM-nled envelop*-* or wrappers. The exceptions are : It *Ueh articles contain writing in the nature ol personal correspondent-#. or are in them selves the representatives of a monetary value. In these i-jum the* become lirst class mail matter, and, as such, are cliargcahle with letter rates of postage. Ai eording to the last rulings of the de partment (whim reverse a numb*a *>| those recently llliulc under the same law-), till- specific examples of the exceptions to third class matter are: Insurance poli cies sigm-d and in foren, daily insurance i rejiorta, insurance transfers, notii-es ol premiums due, assignments, transfers, application* for insurance, promissory notes, attached to tin-niiums or not. and ail notices from ioi-ai agents to jsiliry holders respecting re-11l 1, talus iJa tions. receipt* or other kindred matter; also, all signed not-s, rhickt, drafts, iteeils, bonds, hills of lading, receipted hills, and signed receipts of all kinds. liisurama- policies. can<-e)ed or incom plete; unriaa-iptiii hill*, invoices and month y statements may ail In- writ at third c,ass rate* ol postage. Tin- former restriction* .as to writing in Imnk* have Is-en rernoved. to tlie ex tent ol permitting a simple inarm* rip t dedication. or form of presentation, to be written on tin- i*overs or bank pages. Manuscript for publication, when ac companied tiy proof sheets, may la- sent at third class rates; hut, unless so ar compani* d, i chargt able at it-tier rale* \re-hite* tural ami other drawing* made by hand, heretofore charged at iettet rates, an* now assigned to the fourtli class, and may lie sent on payment m postage at one cent per ounce, as may Also original painting* in oil or water colors, etc. letter rat* of postage. All persons who di*ire to avail them selves of tlie concessions noted above will understand that they involve certain drawbacks. Fer example, with the -ingle exception of tlie pxi kages scaled hy internal revenue stamps, ail mail matter not sent at letter rate* must lie left ojH-n to injMs tiiin by the postofßce authorities. No articles, other titan let ters and postal cards, can 1m- returned to the sender* on re-qm-st: nor forwarded ti other office*. unliM again fully pre paid, in'caw.the pTsons addri-**i d have removed: nor rsn they 1 advertised; but. if found undelivcrmlilc or annllni for, they will be *cnt to the dead litter office Mail matter of the third and fiiurth classes is not assorted and put up with, or in the sann manner, a* letters, being placed loo* in canvas sack* and not in locked pouches; and, of course, | whenever it i* mvessary, on account of unusual accumulation of mail matter or for other reason*, to give preference in 1 dispatch, it is always accorded to letter mail. Thorcau's Thoughts. Woe to hitn who wants a .ximpanion. for he is unlit to !*■ the companion . ven of himself. That virtue we appreciate is as much ours :i* another's. We *.*■ si much only .TS we JMISSOS, Tlie blue sky is a distant reflection of the azure serenity that looks out from under a human brow. What tioes education often do? It make* a straight-cut ditch out of a free meandering hrook. Ik you know on what hushes a little peace, faith and contentment grow ? (Jo n-la-trying early and late after them. There is nowhere any apology for de spondency. Always there is lite while life Lists. which, rightly lived, implies a divine satisfaction. Cheap persona will stand upon cere mony. because there is no other ground; hut to the great of the earth we need no introduction, nor do they need any to us. Wtiat is pe. uliar in the life of a man consist* not in his obedience, but his oj>- p. wit ion tohis instincts: in onedirection or another he strives to live a super natural life. Wtifn we cease to with, ami to I*- personally related to men, and licgin to tw universally related. then wo atv capable of inspiring others witii the sentiment of lovo for us. No fields nro so barren to mo as the nion from whom I . \poct everything hut got nothing. In thoir neighhorliood I experience a painful yearning for society whioh cannot !*■ satisfied. for the hate is greater than tin' love. Make the most of your regret*; never smother your sorrow, hut tend ami cherish it till it come to have a separate ami integral interest. To regret tleeph is to live a fast. By so doing you will ho astonished to find yourself restored oin e more to all your emoluments. Whatever your sex or |*sition, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe Im* to the coward. Whether passed on a Iwd of sickness or ill the tented field, it is ever the same fair flag, and admits of no distinction. Itespair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were horn to succeed, not to fail. A (Jueer House. An eccentric Englishman has recently built a liouse in tlie Quarter Tivoli for the residence of himself, his wife and eight children, which is the talk of all Paris. It is circular, and has neither door nor window externally The ap proach to it is from the ground floor on to the roof by means of a ladder, which is moved up and down by machinery similar to that of a drawbridge. There is only one floor, and thai contains eighteen apartments, more or less small in dimension, looking into the center, which is lighted from above by a glazed cupola. One stove for all these rooms is in the middle, and in slimmer its place is to IK- occupied by an exquisite parterre of flowers. A circular balcony, open to all the apartments, surrounds this space. The motive for this oddity is, ol course, only known to the author of it, but everybody cau see that two points are gained by it—immunity from the taxes on doors "and windows, and a perfect pre ventative of any attempt at burglary. NUMBER M. I'rel rating thr Spread of Disease. The commission of ex pert* appointed by i In* National Hoard of licaltli of the I niiiil Suin ui |>rni* * circular em i.o.l)fii-; familiar instruction* for dinin fecthm IINM made it report to the board. The report i>u follows: li-itif-< lion i tlx* destruction of the I |HIIIMU of infectious or eontngiou* di ■-a*e*. Ihndoriiem are not necessarily disinfectant*. anil disinfectant* do not ix <<-<■ *aljr ie ar an odor• The diain (octant* Pi be ued are: First, roll *ul phur for futuigatiou; IMCKNM), sulphate of j iron (copperas) dissolved in water in the proportion of one an I a half pounds to tlx- gallon, for noil, sewer*. etc.; third, sulphate of zinc and eoninton salt dis solved together in water in tiie propor (ion of four ounces of salt to the gadon for Hot hi nr. bed linen, etc Tlx- iniu tuission exclude carbolic acid, lor the reason that it la difficult to secure the proper quality, and it mus*. IN* used in i*rg< quantities to lieof service. In using disinfectants in thr si< k room, tlx- most tvailable agents are fresh air and lean lines*. The towels, clothing, bed linen, -tr.. should, on removal from the patient tnd before they are taken from the room, he piai rd in a pail or tub of the sine so lution, boiling hot if possible. All disc charges should either be received in Ves sels containing copperas solution, or, when this is impracticable, should In iniinediatejy covTed with copi-era* solu tion. All vessels used alxiUt the patieut -houid he cieniisrd with tile same solu tion. I tmn-esaarv furniture. especially that which is stuffed— car|teta and hang ings—should. when possi ble. be removed from the room St tlx- outset; otherwise '.hev should remain for subsequent fumi gation and treatment. Fumigation with sulphur is the only practicaTde method ol disinfecting the house. For this pur pose the rooms to he disinfected must be vacated llnvy elothing. blankets. lied ding and other articles WHICH ]MM>nful of alcohol, and allow the room t<> remain closed for twenty-four hours. For a room afoul ten feci square at least two pounds of sulphur should he used: lor larger rooms proportionately in •r*a *d quantities. Cellars. yard*, j •■tahles. gutters, privies, i-essixsiis, water-closet.*, drains, sewer*. etc.,slKull IN frequently and liberally treated with • aipperas solution. Thecopperas solution is easily prepared by hanging a basket containing about -ixty found* of the copperas in a liarn-1 of water. It is best to burn ar'.icies which have come in contact with persons si k with conta gious or infectious diseases. Articles too valuable U lie de-trolls! should In* treated as follows: Cotton, linen, flan ne.*, blank-Is, etc.. should be In-aU-d witii the toiling line solution, intro was heard !a* •. wtrs{>er. t 1 rot to*. c.av. s. unknown re • -.*ofnature were passed by these hardy navigators. In pi*.,* flock* of nioun- I tain atarthai by the appearance ■it the curiosity rushing hy h ltw them, would run along a lodge of nwks. jump from crag to crag, vbt re footing for man would !>e impossible, and disappear. Kv ning coming on tltey alt- mpted to tie up Tor tin* night. They worked the boa* close to shore, jumped out. and away went th" .rah carrying the guns and provisions. With starvation behind them and hardlv a foothold before them their chances of keening on were douht ful. when they luckily found two logs, which they lashed together with their belts, and again trusting to the river I and still more dangerous roehs they set out to search for their hoat, which "they found two mile* below, where it had stop|# !inan < ddy <>n the aftcrn.ton of the third day. while wondering how much longer the Big Horn canton could possibly be. they suddenly shot out into the beautiful Big Horn valley, with Fort (' F Smith on their right. Klondln at Brussels After a retirement of many years. Hlnndin. tie wonderful rope-walker and "Hero of Niagara."' recently made his reappearance in public bv giving a num ber of pcrformanivs at the " Zoological Hardens" of BrtMM'b. lielgium. All doubts almut liis identity were at once dispelled bv a seri*s of most astounding, almost miraculous feat* on the tight rope. calling forth unexampled out breaks en stretched at a considerable height across the lake. Hlomtin openi"d the perioral a nee by appearing on the rope in the paraphernalia of a Roman warrior, bow ing to the spectators. who stnrcely Ven turis! to applaud him. Ieing not a little concerned about tin- daring man. Alter changing his costume for tliat (f an acrobat lie (a>mm>n is dr< mm d up to kid. . I During l*>> llx-re were I*7 minora . 1 killed and MS injur- d in the I'ennsjrl f VMiia oual wine*. • | Tlxre arc said to IN* only (one words • in the Kngiiab language ending in c-i-o-n. VV nat are tlx*j ? • ; The numtx-r of colored persons who ■ have emigrated to Ksr.*as from the 1 youth, thus far. will not ext ifiwi 7,(M10. We see a great deal alotit "*|<-iiijg n form n in /<<<. , TJx* man who got into a Icirlv r-cfrair, - piutxsi die newsps.fr round l!s r*e k ■ and !>• gar. to read tlx- UiVii may justly be calx*d alNknt minded. Xb-u spend their live* in Ix .ping up • i eoiiHMial piles of Ueoaure. which ,und at ■ the end iike tlx* pyramids in ib- desert t | sands, holding only tlx- du*t of kings. A house in the Av*-nu< di-CBehy. I'aris, was lately stru k by lightning. whi< it first foliowel a w:.'*-r-| Ui*- • art It, , 1 and lix*n ren*- • t>dsl to the lourtit story. How many u*-eful hint arc obtained by chance, atxl how often tlx mind, hur rieil by ler own ardor to distant views, neglects the truths that li<- opn Ix-forv lx*r. Pride is seldom d* dcii, ; it wi,i phase itself with very ite m advaalxg**; and envy feci* not iut own hsppitx-w* but when it may he nm pared with the misery of others. Ijook not npoti the watermelon core wlx nit i ri*d. an t u-k !c it not lxartiiy just before going to iwd. A word to the wise is "miff < .-il."*—iidar HapiU •> puUIAM. Kansas has now UM chur 1 fix tif which are Baptist. SU i'ongrcp ttionajisu j 33 lAithernn. -M I'.piiwopn . lii Vfrtho di*t. !N Prwbptenan. and 15 I' riled Fresbyteiian. Tlx* H'uSn*ui '.! *. and is now poor and disabled. Shi Don't giv" it away. We k'kpa bottk witii a stick in it constantly or: our table. Ami we find tiiat it adds much to lighten our editorial labors. |: j isieto keep it.— Yoni'-rt Strife sraon. Editors who are botlrtwl with h-llow* who just "drop in to w-e Ux pajs-r#" now >aveali tiie papers from tlx- yeiiow fever districts and jet llx* fellows r*ad tliem. It's an ur.fiu iag n-mcdy.— Sew York EiprtM. The editor of the Hastings (Minn.) .V(ir Km w.x* attm-keil in hi* oti'x e. r<- i-s-fitly, by three masked men. but he i-s<*ped from tlx-ir ciutches and now gives notice tiiat he will be prepared to receive company at all hour*. A gentleman learned in the origin of social customs was asked the meaning of casting an old shoe ;iit*-r a newly-mar ried coup it* a* they start on tin* irip. lie said, " To indicate that Ux* chances i of matrimony are very slipprr-y." I TC.VIXT. to hoy who has t> be enrrwet j ed fi* qunily—"t an you tell me when the Blue Hidgv is?" *!Wy (rubldng Iris shouldirF—"No. but I can t< ii y- Vnur bralhrr "mluuflsi a#; Ko pItSM- v y y,.".,-r-< : v JIV.-o- ; lir raid- * A woman in Cin innati *x air— d not long ago m j six* bat! b an tits by death, and wereso sorrowful tf at thevconcluded to die too. They wrote a will disoosing of ! their money and playthings. Then Uie | elder killed his brother with a hammer, after which heawaikiswl pi*on. penetl a rein in his wrist, anil shot himself through the heart. The small, tin-, k looking wife of Tom Cottrell, a Missouri Imrsethief. foljowod ! him we -pine ou' of a St. Joseph amrt iKpin, after his trial and mvicp.-n. In the corridor six* flew at tlx -lieriflT like a iign*w, threw him or the floor, and thus enabled Uie prisoner to mount a mule and escape, j •' Ttwre is a plraenn- in tke juthle* wood*," Ttx-rr i* a witcaert- ri • imii: -r' kis*. There i# a spell tiiat cha-:o our tend'rer monk When dar bring* on the twilight'* benefice. Thre is a richne** in I.'h* ninrnin; chutit j wn n ixght'* iquie, Ibere is a something in the nnio plant That's uaeongem* 1 . to the sverng.- nae. Yonkrtt Unzrtt*. The editor who can cause the names of tw* sulwiribcrs to be written down where only one was written !elore. is greater than the man v.'ho invented tlx* {.- with tliosu* of whom w<* eijio t s\ iu{ utliv ami encouragement. I tepvatViHy find my self drawn toward certain ■■ rwtn but to In* disappointed. N".> <•< :: -easioMi which are not radi.-ai arc the least sat i-fa-tion. By myself I -in live and thrive, hut in the so i ty of incompati ble triends I starve. To cultiva'.c their society is to cherish a sore which can only lie healtnl hy abandoning them. The iuinily Hammer. There is one thing no family pre*, nds to be without. TlnsNa liainmct'. And ! yet there is nothing that „••• - to v.; k ■ up the equipment of a domestic est ih ! lishment that onuses one-half a- much agony ami profanity as a hummer. It is always an old hammer with a I. ndle l that is inclined to sliver, and always Uiund to s."n. The f.u eis as round as a full moon, and as smooth as glass. I When it strik's a nail full and square, which it has been known.to do. the act will lie found to result irom a combina tion of pure accidents. The family hammer is one of those rare articles we nevtr profit by. When it glides uti'a rail head. and maslies down a couple of fingers, we unhesitatingly de posit it in the yard, and observe that we will never use it again. I'ut the hiood has hardly dried on the rag Is fme wc are out of doors in search ol that ham mer, and ready to make another trial. The result rarely vai ies, but we never profit by it. The awful weapon goes on knocking off our nails and masking off joints and slipping off the handle, to the confusion of the mantel ornaments and breaking the eommandnamts.and cutting up an assortment of astounding and un fortunate antics without let or hin denuiee. And yet we put up with it, and put the handle on again, and lay it where it won't get lost, and do up our mutilated and smarting lingers, ami it the outrageous thing should happen to get lost we kick up a regn iar liuiiabmJou until it is found again. Talk about tit tyrannizing influence oi a bad habit'. It is not t